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A US price hike by soft drink giant Coca-Cola won't affect Coca-Cola prices in China, China Business News reported Tuesday. "Our companies have comprehensive price strategies for the Chinese market, and each bottler will set a price in accordance with the local market," the ...
A new niche market is emerging out of China's insatiable appetite for luxury consumer goods. Specialized domestic vendors help their well-heeled clients clean and repair their prized brand-name accessories, often at a steep cost. In Xi'an City, a "clinic" for high-end leather ...
Xu Lei, a 33-year-old stay-at-home mother, decided to go organic by planting her own fruit and vegetables inside her apartment in downtown Beijing. She is now able to harvest a variety of produce, including tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, pumpkins and potatoes. "I hope my husband and ...
While Groupon Inc, the biggest online coupon company, is busying heading for the stock market, Chinese clones, too, are busy chasing cash. US-based Groupon said earlier this month it hopes to raise at least $750 million by selling shares to the public. It is believed to be the ...
Most Chinese real estate developers kept their distance from repeated appeals by officials to accelerate the country's affordable housing construction that aim to rein in the runaway property market, according to a report released Sunday. Only 30 out of 100 housing developers had ...
The developer of Top Forest Villa, a luxury real estate project in the Sheshan area in Shanghai that has captured newspaper headlines over the past few days due to its expensiveness, has been told to lower prices and register with the local industry watchdog. The project, ...
Consultancy company Capgemini China announced Friday that it has taken over PraxiSolution, a Chinese consultancy firm, underscoring its desire to break into the country's electrical power market. The company did not disclose the details of the transaction. By combining the two ...
Swedish fashion company H&M Group on Wednesday reported a decrease of profit by 18 percent in the second quarter due to high cotton prices. After-tax profit amounted to 4.26 billion kronor (about 670 million U.S. dollars) during the three months while the profit was 5.21 billion ...
Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd has filed a lawsuit in Beijing against former Chairman Chen Xiao for breaching an agreement to protect the company's reputation, China's second-largest home appliance retailer said Tuesday. Chen was sued for breaking the agreement by giving ...
An increasing number of China's rich are snapping up properties overseas in the expectation that domestic inflation will continue to rise after the consumer price index reached a 34-month high in May. According to Colliers International, a real estate service provider, the ...
Buying momentum for new homes remained sluggish in Shanghai last week while fewer transactions in the high-end market dragged down average prices. Sales of new homes, excluding those built under the city's affordable housing programs, climbed 9.5 percent from a week earlier to ...
In attempts to preserve farmland and save water, China introduced several bans on the construction of golf courses since 2004. However, the number of golf courses in China has increased by more than 400 in the past seven years. Only 10 golf courses have been approved by the ...
Group-purchasing websites have the most potential for advertisers, who are witnessing a boom for their industry on the Internet thanks to the increasing number of netizens and the development of online companies in China, according to a new report. During the first quarter of ...
With the volume of home sales continuing to fall amid strict measures aimed at tightening the property market and lowering house prices, some real estate companies are trying to dig their way out of the uncertainty by getting into mining. By June, at least 15 property developers, ...
More Chinese cities have seen month-on-month declines in the prices of both new and secondhand homes, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday. The NBS said in a statement on its website that month-on-month price growth for new commercial homes was ...
House trading has remained largely tepid in Beijing since the nation's capital promulgated a series of purchase limit policies on Feb. 16 to help cap the soaring home prices. According to the municipal bureau of statistics, 4.52 million square meters of commercial houses were ...
As home sales continue to fall amid strict tightening measures on the property market, some Chinese real estate companies believe they have found an alternative way out of the market uncertainty: mining. By June at least 15 property developers, buoyed by rising metal prices and ...
The booming film market in China, besides generating box office receipts, is creating many commercial opportunities for businesses such as those that make trailers. When people decide to go to the cinema, they have all been influenced by various means, including entertainment ...
More than 100 residential projects are expected to be released in Shanghai in the second half of this year, with nearly 25 percent in Pudong New Area, Soufun.com, a major real estate website, said yesterday. Between July and December, a total of 104 housing developments, ...
Higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets will stay over the coming decade, according to a joint report released Friday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Both organizations called ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The snow-covered Swiss town of ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
Super car club in commercial drive
Super car club in commercial drive
On the night of Nov 11, more than 150 super cars were driven into the ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...